WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke maintained that the economy was continuing to grow at a moderate pace, despite the recent sharp deceleration in job growth and a slowdown in economic output in large part because of federal spending cuts.
Bernanke: Despite Employment Slowdown, Economy Growing Moderately
By Don Lee, Los Angeles Times
Thu, 06/07/2012 - 7:43am
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